13 Apr
2018
13 Apr
'18
2:19 p.m.
Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
There are times when video instruction makes sense -
describing, for
example, a chemical reaction that produces major visible change in a
few moments is better to watch than to try to describe. The vast
majority of stuff? Teaching programming? I don't want to watch 2
hours of someone editing text... give me words and perhaps a
screenshot or two if there's something too complicated to simply write
about.
How about language courses on audio cassettes?
For instance a course on Macro-10, over several of them?
Yes, it does (or at least did) exist.
-ethan
--Johnny
13 Apr
13 Apr
2:50 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Johnny Eriksson via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
Foreign language? Sure. Programming languages? That would probably
drive me nuts.
There are times when video instruction makes
sense...
... Teaching programming? I don't want to watch 2
hours of someone editing text... g
How about language courses on audio cassettes? For instance a course on Macro-10, over several of
them?
*shudder*
Yes, it does (or at least did) exist.
I don't doubt that. Still horrifying to think about sitting through
hours of audio to learn a written languange.
-ethan
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